HIGHLIGHTS
» 2023 NCAA Division II Rank: No. 1 in Double Plays Per Game (0.68)
» 2023 NCAA Division II Rank: No. 2 in Total Double Plays (28)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» 2023 PacWest Conference Defender of the Year
» KTA Super Stores Superstar of the Week (Jan. 25 - Feb. 7, 2023)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2023 (Spring) B.S. Environmental Science
2023 (Fifth Year): Started all 41 games at second base. Finished the conference season ranked No. 1 in fielding percentage (1.000), No. 2 in double plays (13) and No. 9 in defensive assists (63). Helped the Vulcans to a No. 2 NCAA D2 ranking in double plays (28) and a No. 1 ranking in double plays per game (0.68) ... Drove in all three of the Vulcans' runs with a two-RBI double and an RBI-single in a loss to Colorado Christian (Feb. 5). Again brought in three runs on RBI singles in a 5-4 win over Holy Names (March 20). Brought in the game-winning score with an RBI single in the second inning of a 3-1 win over Simon Fraser (April 2). Scored the lone run of the game in a 1-0 victory over HPU (April 16). Scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the seventh in an eventual 7-6 10th-inning walk-off win against Chaminade (April 22) ... Named PacWest Conference Defender of the Year.
2020-2022: Did not play.
2019 (Saint Martin's): Started all 47 games for the Saints (NCAA D-II). Finished with a .985 fielding percentage on 101 putouts and 97 defensive assists along with 15 double plays.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent two years at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
» Spent one and a half years at Saint Martin's University (Washington)
» 2018 graduate of James Campbell High School (Hawai‘i)
» Played three seasons of varsity softball
» Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association Division I State Champion (x2)
» Honors: 2018 ScoringLive All-Hawaii Division I First Team, 2018 All-O‘ahu Interscholastic Association Division I West First Team
» Played club for Momentum Softball
PERSONAL
» Born July 2000 in Hawai‘i
» Parents: Bobbie and Esteban Favela
» Has one older sibling and two younger siblings
» Younger sister Jayda is also a member of Vulcans Softball (2022-2025)
» Older sister Elisa is an assistant coach on Vulcans Softball staff (2023)
» Career Aspirations: Pediatric or Family Medicine Physician Assistant
FAVORITES
» Movies: A Cinderella Story, Someone Great
» Shows: All American, The Kardashians
» Musicians: Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, Taylor Swift
MEDIA
» Softball's Nation-Leading Double Plays Rank Fueled by Favelas (May 22, 2023)
» Three softball sisters reunite after separate journeys across the country (May 20, 2023) - Hawaii News Now
